Top Ten Drug Movies

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The Top Ten

1
Requiem For a Dream
This movie put me off drugs. Great movie and it should be shown to anyone that wants to take drugs as this movie is too powerful.

idolangelx13

I can't describe this movie with words... only thing that comes to mind when asked to describe this movie is... incredible... its... deep
jared freaking leto. his best performance. ever. the film makes me cry each time I watch it. watch this, and you'll never want to touch drugs.

believerofmars

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2Scarface
No one in this world is as gangster as scarface.
He got more ballz than you do
This is fore shure number 1
Very Good Movie One of the Classics
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3Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Requiem For a Dream take is a movie that show the dark side of being a addict, but this one take you to a other side of taking everything to the limit.

The movie is based on a book written by Hunter S. Thompson, and its supposed to be true. On what level, I don't know.

Anyway, you are going to love it or hate it. Or maybe, you are going to understand it or maybe not.

Crazy movie.
Best movie ever I was blasted while watching and this movie made it seem like a acid trip
Greatest movie I've ever seen, really good scenes with realistic trips.
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4Half Baked
This movie still has me rolling after the 100th time of viewing it!
BEST MOVIE EVER! I have seen it so many times. It is so excellent! Squirrel Master Rules!

5Trainspotting
Hi how ya doing! My names mike, and even though I wouldn't disrespect the opinions of the people who have voted to make this top ten list, only because they have a right to voice their opinions, I will say that I very seriously doubt they have seen a quarter of the movies that make up this category, to even compare them. Please don't get me wrong... Requiem for a dream is one of my all time favorites.. But even still I am an enthusiast of drug and gangster related movies... Well let me get to the point, Trainspotting isn't something you come across on your everyday movie listings... There for it is underappreciated... I believe the first time I saw it, it was labled under indie... If true enthusiasts like myself had voted for this list... Trainspotting would have come out on top... If you don't believe me, I only ask that you watch it 2 times, because you wont understand it the first time around laugh out loud. It is by far the best heroin based drug movie ever made and I would still rank requiem for a dream as second because I love all wayans brothers Incase you don't understand the true point I'm trying to make I will leave you with this... Don't watch one and not the others because if you do your not allowing your self the option to choose the best your only voting for the one movie that you did see... And if you did only see the one, you don't even have a real opinion nor the right to state it.
If you taking drugs the next thing that should you do is leave it.
The movie is telling us the same thing, if you say no too drugs you can start an ordinary life like everyone
It is superb

MatrixGuy

You feeled totally stoned while watching it and then as creepy the the actors

first and only movie that gave me the urge to go on an hallucinathing trip and at the same time: disgust for any drugs
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6Pulp Fiction
Jules' speech from Ezekiel 25:17:
'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides with the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon those with great vengeance and with furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know that my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. '
"Fear and Loathing" ahead of "Pulp Fiction? " Give me a break. MOst people didn't "get" Loathing and the critics blasted it. It's a great movie about Hunter Thompson and it was just a goofy, misunderstood and off-the-wall as Hunter's life. (I"ll never understand how Depp won an oscar for that pirate movie, yet no one noticed his awesome portrayal of Thompson. ) That being said, there's no way Loathing is a better drug movie than Pulp Fiction or Trainspotting, for too many reasons to try and list.

Where is Drugstore Cowboy and Panic in Needle Park?

corebare32

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon the with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee.
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7Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

The Jamie Kennedy peeing on a bush scene was one of the most randomly funny scenes in movie history.

VADERtheIMPALER

bestest ever
really makes laugh every time I watch and never get bored

makes me laugh every time

Iron_Rose

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8Spun
Really good, really real life, crazy wicked funny film
Amazing film really loved it! Definitely worth watching I give it a 10/10
Really good and also very real, it's the perfect movie to watch when you are high and think...
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9How High
This movie still makes me laugh after watching it like 1000 times.
Shut up and you might have some fun this semester! haha
Best movie I ever seen
Hilarious and good KUSH in there

10Blow
Amazing movie, One of the best all time Drug Related movies of all time. Johnny Depps acting, style of delivery. Amazing!
This is one crazy movie, in the end he wanted to stop, but guess what it was to late.
Blow is a very underrated movie! I has to be one of the best drug movies due to the fact its based on a true story! I has depth in the story and has cause and effect! Johnny Depp is a great actor and makes the movie better!
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The Contenders

11Friday
Very cool movie... Dis movie mark me and my friends:))it's very funny and... Must be on the 1'st place. GREATINGS FROM ROMANIAA
So... Do I still look high?
1 word to describe... DAYUM
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12Dazed and Confused
This movie is awesome... Nothing better then boys and girls getting high and drunk the whole move.

jerielcastilloaponte

Thi is the best movie I ever watched, I swear I watched it more than 938393947939 times.. It absoultly amazing. They should make another one. (:
Dude, the guy with the marijuana shirt is the best! Laugh out loud

arabhomie68

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13Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

A movie, within a movie! This was a great movie and made me and my friends laugh so hard we almost peed our pants.

NiallersNandosXOXO


14Bad Boys II
One of the funniest drug parts of a movie. When he takes the pills and goes to the sargents house its pure comedy!
Wil Smith and Martin Lawrence rule in this movie.

15Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke is a classic, how can it not be in the top 10?!

jescafish

ya that movie is da best! i still laugh everytime i see it, when they get pulled over and they already pulled over, wow i think i going to go watch it! hahah

A classic comedy. When Cheech takes handful of acid by accident; HILARIOUS!!!


16Layer Cake

Daniel Craig at his best in a "X" and Coke dealing drama


17American Gangster

the most incredible film about drugs.....just that

can't forget about the blue magic

This should be in the top ten with Empire Nothing sells like that blue magic.


18Pineapple Express

C'mon! It's got to be in this if it's for a drug movie!

Probably the funniest drug movie of all time. Definitely needs to be higher in the list

movie about the doupest dope you've evered smoked!... haha.
A good marijuana movie.


19Dude, Where's My Car?

20Traffic

Should be #1 because it shows why the so-called drug war is not a war on THEM but a war on US.

steffie69


21Detroit Rock City

A funny movie. Great to watch while getting baked.


22Alice in Wonderland

She's gotta' smoking crack or something. Not even Rick James or Bobby Brown could see something that messed up. Cocaine ain't for everybody!

Duh!!!! The First drug movie, and made by DISNEY none the less.

heather


23The Basketball Diaries
SHOULD BE ON NUMBER 1 OR FIRST FIVE. GREATEST DRUG MOVIE EVER, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, HEY ALL YOU DOPE-FIENDS WATCH THIS AND GET A LIFE!
This is the most real movie about drugs.. It should be number 1 things like this happen in real life. Everyone should whatch it. SIMPLY AMAZING!
Totally agree with all that! Seen that movie hundreds of times..
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24Grandma's Boy

If your into video games and pot this is #1!!!!

For me, this is best film I have ever watched... First download this movie and watch it, and then get back here and vote for it! Greetings from Serbia!


25Starsky & Hutch

what the hell!!!this movie should definetly be in teh top 10... it was freaking hilarious with a great cast!!

this movie has some action but is hilarious


26Most High

This is one of the most realistic drug movies and performances I have ever seen and I have seen all the movies above.


27Go!

a very good xtc movie twisted story


28A Scanner Darkly

the weird animation in this movie is so freaking cool to watch. story line is also great

one of the best movies about the life of addicts. must see!!


29Empire

New age street war at its finest


30The Hangover

31City of God
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER! SHOWS THE REALITY OF THE POLICE, POLICTICAL AND DRUG SYSTEM IN BRAZIL. WELL DONE.
AMAZING MOVIE! One of those MUST-SEE movies : )
This should be numbr 1. Stark and gritty portrayal of life in the slums. Brutal and hard hitting.

32Candy

the BEST heroin movie ever made, if you've done H, you will deff need a hit after watching this movie

Amazing.
Sexy, beautiful, sad...
just wonderful

It made me cry - one of the best movies I've ever seen. Simply wonderful

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33Human Traffic

The only movie where they really show the way how drugs works out. From the beginning till the end, everything is perfect. And really good music!

"the weekend has landed all that exists now is drugs, clubs, pubs and parties". Great great British, realistic film about weekend pilling. Producer and director got it spot on. Plus great trance sound track


34Drugstore Cowboy

This movie has William s. Burroughs! every junkhead should watch this movie


35Thirteen
This is definatly a drug movie. It shouldv’e been in th top 10!
How can this not be in top 10?!

36Playing God

David Duchovny plays a druggie in this movie.


37Dealer

38Christiane F.

German film, if you don't mind reading subtitles DEFINITELY watch this.
Heroin
Bowie
amazing...

This is a very good movie, a realistic one.
I liked it more than Require for a dream

Perhaps the greatest movie about heroin and a Berlin when the wall still stood. Complete with Bowie. Superb!

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39SLC Punk

this movie also changed my life. I love this movie, I try to live my life by this movie

This movie is a perfect replica of what it's like doing drugs in a small town, I thought I had seen all the best drug movies tell I saw this, should definitely be in the top 15.

JagoOne

Dude, this movie changed my life.

feedurhead4


40The Doors

This movie is a mind trip filled with great freakin' music. I can't believe noone listed this.

This movie is a mind trip filled with great freakin' music. I can't believe no one listed this.


41Party Monster

Club Kids. Drugs, drugs and more drugs. I love this movie for so many reasons. Seth Green and MacCauley Culkin (not to mention Marilyn Manson as the acid baked transsexual - "How do you like my UFO? "). A must see. Based on the true story of the Club Kids - Drugs, a killer soundtrack, and a Big Bang Murder. Do not miss this. Should be in the top ten.

Best drug/ club movie ever made. Made me start my own parties in town, and working towards owning my own night club, where people never have to grow up and the party never ends!

Its a true story. Seth green and mucully collin (w/e) are funny as hell. x, crack, coke, special K, heroin.


42The Salton Sea

I hate Val Kilmer in most movies, but his portrayal of Danny Parker/Tom VanAllen in this film should have been considered Oscar worthy. The best modern, film-noir creation since Memento.

A twisted story of a meth filled reality from a mans POV.


43Easy Rider

Why has this not been mentioned. A film that spoke for a generation and refused to romanticise. A film not just about the drugs, but about the people, the lifestyle. Beuatiful shot, amazingly acted (Dennis Hopper, what more can i say), and all around one of the best films of and about the sixties.


44Belly

such a good movie. If you live in the nyc area (specifically jamaica queens), (and or a nas fan) you will definitely have a love for this movie. Its so real.


45Casino

This is how its done in the mafia


46Puff, Puff, Pass

47The Big Lebowski

Stoned or not this movie is fuggin HILARIOUS!!!


48Dope (London 1968)

The whole film was truly a great masterpiece of period work. It got the feeling and ambience perfectly...  It worked as a true documentary. It is an archival gem... got me involved with the characters that were so real and in our faces.

flameschon

It really is a masterpiece, and people know that when they get the rare chance to see it.

flameschon

Dope is more underground than the underground. It's sub-underground.
See it online at dopethemovie. net
Cool trailer also. It's all about drugs, and beautiful as well.

flameschon


49Smiley Face

a really funny pot-comedy with the girl from scary movie

iwantujulya


50The Beach

how come thats not in the top ten


51A Clockwork Orange

Don't need to be on drugs to enjoy this one. It is it's own bad trip. Droogs are everywhere. One of the Kubrick's finest

mgenet


52Wonderland

Amazing movie! definitely should be in the top 10 for sure!
absaoutly nothing bad to say about this movie at all! WATCH it you will love it!

My god! how come no one has added this yet! the true story about the life after the legend John holmes the first porn star. Val kilmer plays john holmes. it's all about how he became a coke addict and got involved in the wonderland murders. Very good drug movie and very realistic this is up there with movies like spun and pulp fiction! awesome!


53GoodFellas

54Rush
by far one the most underrated drug movies ever you need to see this now
Amazingly truthful movie! Sometimes hard to watch if you've been there b4. Eric Clapton does the phoenominal soundtrack

55Alpha Dog

56Less Than Zero

this is a very good movie!

this is a classic that most people may not know about...

its a 80's goodie!


57Super Troopers

The first scene when they get pulled over and the guy in the back has to eat the shrooms and weed is hilarious! Probably the funniest part of the whole movie!


58Maria Full of Grace

Innocent girl smuggles dope to America. DVD commentary has amazing info about drug trafficking.


59Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

60The Panic in Needle Park

Pacino is riveting in his first starring role

murph

Smoky, seductive, sexy
... It's ideal. Pacino was great too and it was good to see him as a young actor again.


61The Departed
Just vote this closing your eyes
Nominated for 5 oscars, won 4. Has got an all star cast. Crazy ending.

62Kids

63Fast Times at Ridgemont High

I loved requiem for a dream, but this movie had me laughing the whole way through. Sean Penn did a perfect job, the story was unique and it accurately portrays high school.

dope ass movie its cind of like dazed and confused but a difrent story and its not just about a cupple ppl it a story about every one


64Enter the Void

Definitely one of the best films I have seen, quite long and slow paced though. All about DMT.


65Never Die Alone

66Gridlock'd

This a good movie about the junkie life with good performances by tim roth and 2pac needle!


67Trapped in a Purple Haze

68New Jack City

How can this not be in the top. It was all about drugs especially crack.


69Little Fish

A excellent drama and excellent acting.


70Reefer Madness

this is the original drug mobie


71Factory Girl

Watch Andy warhol in action


72Bullet

Mickey Rourke portraying a Heroin Addict and Tu-Pac Shakur as a big time dealer.


73The Combination

74Cisco Pike

75Bongwater

76The Insider

77Where the Buffalo Roam

You know what I'm just watching this again for the first time in 10-15 years and it should be in the top ten,, because every cool thing you see in "FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS" is directly from this movie and the fact that Bill Murray is so much funnier than Johnny depp makes this movie a top 5. I know not that many people have seen or even heard of it.. But it is what fear and loathing is based on completly makes it one of the best and original DRUG MOVIES of all time and if you pass this by,, well I can't say what I think of you,, but screw you if you don't watch or don't LOVE this movie...

JagoOne

The Original "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" movie, based on Hunter S. Thompsan's novel.. Starring Bill Murry as Hunter,, made in the late 70's-early 80's.. Not a Top Ten but a must see..


78Hendrix

The life of Jimi Hendrix.


79Tideland

80Dusty and Sweets McGee

81The People Next Door

82The Boost

83The Man With the Golden Arm

84The Emerald Forest

MINT FILM, INSPIRING, AND IMAGINATIVE. WATCHED THE FILM TWICE AND COULD STILL WATCH AT A LATER DATE.. ENJOY


85Menace II Society

86Born to Win

87Work Is a Four-Letter Word

Some guy conives his way into a steamy old industrial building to grow Shrooms.

dumbasilook


88Superfly

89London

90Growing Op

91Cracked Not Broken

92Dredd

93Shrooms

94Who'll Stop The Rain

Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld on the run with two keys of smack. Also one of the most unusual gunfight showdowns around.

dumbasilook


95Reindeerspotting

96Homegrown

97Twelve

98Kush

99Ex Drummer

Non-American production underrated and left behind, as usual.. Not to mention non-english language movies.. (with the exception of Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo)..


100Budz House

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